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Al Pedrique
Venezuelan baseball player and coach (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfredo José Pedrique García (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈðɾike], born August 11, 1960) is a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the New York Mets (1987), Pittsburgh Pirates (1987–88), and Detroit Tigers (1989).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pedrique and the second or maternal family name is García.
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Al Pedrique | |
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Shortstop / Coach | |
Born: (1960-08-11) August 11, 1960 (age 63) Aragua State, Venezuela | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 14, 1987, for the New York Mets | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 21, 1989, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .247 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 36 |
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Pedrique served as the Houston Astros bench coach and as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He also served as the first base coach of the Oakland Athletics a season before being shuffled to third base coaching for two further seasons.
He is currently the manager for the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils.